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Operation Sundevil

Index Operation Sundevil

Operation Sundevil was a 1990 nationwide United States Secret Service crackdown on "illegal computer hacking activities." It involved raids in approximately fifteen different cities and resulted in three arrests and the confiscation of computers, the contents of electronic bulletin board systems (BBSes), and floppy disks. [1]

18 relations: Bruce Sterling bibliography, Carding (fraud), Electronic Frontier Foundation, GURPS, GURPS Cyberpunk, Killer, Leonard Rose (hacker), List of military operations, Patrick K. Kroupa, Peter J. Salzman, Phrack, Phreaking, Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service, The Hacker Crackdown, The Hacker Files, Timeline of computer security hacker history, Timeline of Internet conflicts, United States Secret Service.

Bruce Sterling bibliography

The bibliography of American science fiction author Bruce Sterling comprises novels, short stories and non-fiction.

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Carding (fraud)

Carding is a term describing the trafficking of credit card, bank account and other personal information online as well as related fraud services.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is an international non-profit digital rights group based in San Francisco, California.

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GURPS

The Generic Universal RolePlaying System, or GURPS, is a tabletop role-playing game system designed to allow for play in any game setting.

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GURPS Cyberpunk

GURPS Cyberpunk is a genre toolkit for cyberpunk-themed role-playing games set in a near-future dystopia, such as that envisioned by William Gibson in his influential novel Neuromancer.

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Killer

A killer is someone or something that kills, such as a murderer.

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Leonard Rose (hacker)

Leonard Rose (born 1959 in Elkton, Maryland), aka Terminus, is an American hacker who in 1991 accepted a plea bargain that convicted him of two counts of wire fraud stemming from publishing an article in Phrack magazine.

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List of military operations

This is a list of missions, operations, and projects.

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Patrick K. Kroupa

Patrick Karel Kroupa (also known as Lord Digital, born January 20, 1969) is an American writer, hacker and activist.

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Peter J. Salzman

Peter J. Salzman was a computer hacker and former senior member of the hacking group, Legion of Doom, in the 1980s.

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Phrack

Phrack is an ezine written by and for hackers, first published November 17, 1985.

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Phreaking

Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks.

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Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service

Steve Jackson Games, Inc.

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The Hacker Crackdown

The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier is a work of nonfiction by Bruce Sterling first published in 1992.

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The Hacker Files

The Hacker Files is a twelve issue DC Comics mini-series published from August 1992 to July 1993.

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Timeline of computer security hacker history

The timeline of computer security hacker history covers important and noteworthy events in the history of security hacking and cracking.

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Timeline of Internet conflicts

The Internet has a long history of turbulent relations, major maliciously designed disruptions (such as wide scale computer virus incidents, DOS and DDOS attacks that cripple services, and organized attacks that cripple major online communities), and other conflicts.

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United States Secret Service

The United States Secret Service (also USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting the nation's leaders.

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Killer (computer), Operation Sun Devil.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil

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